I just got my Kindle and am excited at the wealth of freely available Buddhist ebooks out there. The problem is that there are too many to choose from! Therefore, I thought I'd start a thread seeking personal recommendations of specific fantastic free ebooks.

I'll start things going by recommending Food for the Heart (Ajahn Chah). Actually I read this just recently in print (which has a lot more content than the ebook so probably worth the purchase anyway). This was my first real exposure to Ajahn Chah and I loved it. Simple, applicable, inspiring.

(This is my first post here, so I apologize if I broke a rule or if this is in the wrong forum, etc.)

It's a quick and dirty conversion using Calibre auto-convert, but it works.The hyperlinks within the book work fine, but there are also links to other pages of Access To Insight that aren't in the Tipitaka, so they are basically dead links unless you have internet access on your ebook.

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Then, saturated with joy, you will put an end to suffering and stress.SN 9.11

I'm surprised that Bhante Anandajoti's huge collection of epub/mobi English Sutta translations have not (to my knowledge) been mentioned on the forums. All of his English Sutta translations are available in a bundle on this page:

"As Buddhists, we should aim to develop relationships that are not predominated by grasping and clinging. Our relationships should be characterised by the brahmaviharas of metta (loving kindness), mudita (sympathetic joy), karuna (compassion), and upekkha (equanimity)."~post by Ben, Jul 02, 2009

Just noticed that Ajahn Thanissaro's anthology Beyond Coping is now available as an epub, mobi/Kindle as well as PDF. For those who aren't familiar, this is a sizable anthology on the topic of old age, sickness and death.

Epub: Bhikkhu Pesala has published an edited version of Ven. Narada's translation. It includes the Pali as well as summaries of the commentary stories. Also a hyperlinked index of the stories. A pdf, epub, and html version can be found here:http://www.aimwell.org/Books/Suttas/Dha ... apada.html

Kindle and epub: Psalms of the Sisters, Mrs. C.A.F. Rhys Davids 1909 translation of the Therigatha along with the verse origin stories. This edition, like the original, also contains a translation of the Bhikkhunisamyutta, the fifth book of the Samyutta Nikaya.http://readingfaithfully.org/book-sourc ... ndle-epub/

i have converted the book "Knowing & Seeing" by Pa Auk Sayadaw from the .pdf format to .doc format, so that anyone interested can convert it in .epub format.The OCR software made some errors in the identification of some diacritical marks, but i hope that this .doc version can still be useful.

Mindful of the Body: A Study Guide. This study guide focuses on the primary sutta in the Pali Canon dealing with the contemplation of the body: The Discourse on Mindfulness Immersed in the Body (MN 119). Early Buddhism teaches that the body can be used to develop mindfulness and concentration, which in turn can be used to free the mind of its attachments to the body. Then the mind and body can live in peace.